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Twelve-tone system   /twɛlv-toʊn sˈɪstəm/   Listen
Twelve-tone system

noun
1.
A type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg; uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale (and inverted or backward versions of the row).  Synonyms: 12-tone music, 12-tone system, twelve-tone music.






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